A facile method for expression and purification of the Alzheimer's disease-associated amyloid β-peptide

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1266-1281

  Walsh, Dominic M ^a   Thulin, Eva ^b   Minogue, Aedín M ^a   Gustavsson, Niklas ^b   Pang, Eric ^c   Teplow, David B ^c   Linse, Sara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A ; Aggregation; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid; Fibrillogenesis

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; METHIONINE AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; METHIONINE AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; METHIONINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; PLASMID VECTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL INCLUSION; CELL LOSS; CENTRIFUGATION; CLONING VECTOR; CODON; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 60349100306     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06862.x     Document Type: Article

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